[Electronics-Talk] Feature phones and smart phones [was "Re:LGflip phone [was "Re: Android Cellphones: Are They Worth It"]"]

[S L Johnson]

Hi,

I have a pre-pay Kyocera Jax S1360bar phone.  It is a thin candy bar shaped 
phone.  The buttons are raised enough so you can feel them.  It has voice 
features.  The menus speak, you can check your contacts list, enter new 
contacts, missed calls, history, settings, ring tones, calendar, alarm and 
memo.  I can text and it does have several different settings for texting. 
I have not had much experience with the word feature because I am still new 
to texting and have the phone set to let me go letter by letter.  It also 
has some email and internet features that I also have not had a chance to 
learn yet.  It also has voice activation settings so you can make calls, 
check battery levels, signal strength time and date just by giving a voice 
command.  I do not yet know if I can use voice to dictate a text message or 
not.  I did just locate a manual online and have downloaded it so now I can 
learn more about this little inexpensive yet quite accessible phone.  For me 
right now, this little phone meets my cell phone calling needs because I 
cannot afford a smart phone.  However, some day I would like a smart phone 
and will probably have to go with an android because they are less 
expensive.  I would really love to have the access to the BARD website, 
Newsline the KNFB reader and all those require you to have a smart phone.

Sandra Johnson
-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:16 PM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: Ashley Bramlett
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Feature phones and smart phones [was 
"Re:LGflip phone [was "Re: Android Cellphones: Are They Worth It"]"]

Hello,
Same here. I've not a clue what security issues there are with feature
phones.
I'm assuming these phones are your standard cell phones with buttons that
you can dial and text with.

My phone is a nice flip phone with rubber buttons but the downside is it
only speaks incoming calls, not other features like your contacts and missed
calls list.
Like Marsha, I don't have much private on my phone, nothing you cannot get
from other sources like a phone book.

I say different strokes for different folks.
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Marsha via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 11:38 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: Marsha
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Feature phones and smart phones [was "Re:
LGflip phone [was "Re: Android Cellphones: Are They Worth It"]"]

HI
  I don't have a clue what security issues you are talking about in regard
to feature phones.  Perhaps mine isn't a feature phone.  There is nothing
private on my phone that anyone can't get out of a phone book.

Marsha


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